Thank God for beautiful songs about feeling despair when you yourself are in despair. They really get us through.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The most despairing songs are the most beautiful, and I know some immortal ones that are pure tears.
Only the artists interest me whose hearts beat in unison with the poignant misery of the world. If you have not felt that, you have not lived. Pity is essential.
Song-writing is therapy for me. I'm a very moody person, very difficult to live with. There's a lot going on and a lot of contradictions. My life is always one step away from disaster.
The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable.
I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.
As for despair, it comes about when I have been a fool and hate myself and despair of my personality. I am prone to gloom, but not depression as such.
I'm not a morose person; it's just that my best songs reflect on the sadder aspects of life.
I think sometimes all you need is to hear someone else say the same thing that you're going through to realize that you're not alone. I try to put some sense of hope into the songs, into whatever the situation is so that it's not just dirt, drudgery and a life of misery.
The saddest songs are written when a person is happy.
With sad music, or music that's perceived as sad, there's a sense of solidarity that can be really powerful. My songs are all joyful to me.